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- INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED
- FOR SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT APPLICATION
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-
- M. Lee Murrah
- Attorney at Law
- 6504 Hillcrest Rd.
- Roanoke, Texas 76262
- Metro 430-3760 (Area 817)
-
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- Information Needed
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- 1. Full name and nationality (or domicile) of author.
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- 2. Birthdate of author, unless the copyright is to be owned by a
- company. Date of death if author is dead.
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- 3. If multiple authors, description of what each contributed.
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- 4. If the applicant is different from the author, a description of
- how the applicant obtained ownership of the software.
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- 5. If the registration is to in the name of a company, the full
- name and address of the company and the name and title of the officer
- who will make the application. If the software was written as an
- employee of a company, the software is considered a "work for hire", and
- the company is considered the "author".
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- 6. Year the software was created.
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- 7. Full date the software was first published (if it has been
- published), and the country in which first published.
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- 8. If the software is being published commercially, the name and
- address of the publisher.
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- Documents Needed
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- 1. A full printout of the software source code for file
- documentation purposes. Be sure the source code has a comment or
- remark at the beginning with the title of the software and your
- copyright notice. See BULLETINS for proper form of copyright notice.
-
- 2. A printout of the software object code (hexadecimal listing)
- for file documentation purposes. Be sure the object code includes a
- copyright notice that appears on the initial screen EVERY TIME THE
- SOFTWARE IS RUN. See BULLETINS for proper form of copyright notice.
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- 3. Three (3) special copies of the software for deposit with the
- application. The guidelines in 1 and 2 immediately above regarding
- copyright notice should be followed, EXCEPT that certain portions of
- the deposit copies may be omitted or be blacked out as described below.
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- 4. Documentation for the software. Be sure the documentation has
- a copyright notice on the title page. See BULLETINS for proper form of
- copyright notice.
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- 5. Copy of registration previous version of the software, if
- any.
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- Software Deposit Guidelines
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-
- You have three options for making deposits of software with your
- application:
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- 1. Deposit the first 25 and last 25 pages of the SOURCE listing.
- If less than 50 pages, then all must be submitted.
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- 2. Deposit all the object code under the "rule of doubt."
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- 3. Deposit the source and/or object code with portions omitted or
- blacked out, with a special "petition for special relief",as follows:
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- (a) Submit the first and last 25 pages of the SOURCE code with
- up to 50% blacked out.
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- (b) Submit the first and last 10 pages of the SOURCE code
- with none blacked out. If less than 20 pages, then all must be
- submitted.
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- (c) Submit the first and last 25 pages of the OBJECT code plus
- any 10 or more consecutive pages of the SOURCE CODE. If the object
- code is less than 50 pages, then all must be submitted.
-
- Clearly, in any case you would want to do two things: (1) place
- the "meat" of the program in the middle part which may be omitted under
- the guidelines, and (2) double or triple space your source listing.
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- RECOMMENDATION: Option 3 with the option ( a, b, or c) which
- reveals the least amount of sensitive code is usually the best choice.
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